Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Chatting on the Plot => Topic started by: Goosegirl on December 15, 2023, 09:16
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At the side of my main forum screen I have adverts - ok. Just recently I've seen some rather strange ones such as an Ian Beale calendar (he's in Eastenders but I never watch it, wouldn't buy it in a month of Sundays) then an absolutely skin-tight plastic or rubber onesie that leaves nothing to the imagination whatsoever. Do you have the same or am I being targeted by someone who's having a laff?? :mad: :mad: :mad:
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What have you been browsing ? :lol: Google knows .... you're being watched.
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Ha! Ha! Ha! Not guilty M'Lud. I don't think a tartan woollen blanket, a Waitawhile food order or a book on the National Trust gardens constitutes any dubious indiscretions on my part. :)
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I get them as well and Paul and I speculate about what they are and submit our guesses! We are always wrong. It's become a bit of game between us.
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I fink my ad blocker is hiding these from me. :) Am I missing anything?
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Yup! I saw a Christmas top that I would die for if I was a few years younger. :)
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I fink my ad blocker is hiding these from me. :)
I also use mine to de-xmasify the site - Don't tell Aunty I know she spends hours decorating it and making it look all festive and jolly - but Bah Humbug :D
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Now I'm seeing a Kim Jon Yung calendar and a toilet seat made of Styrofoam. Whaaaat??? :mad:
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I fink my ad blocker is hiding these from me. :)
I also use mine to de-xmasify the site - Don't tell Aunty I know she spends hours decorating it and making it look all festive and jolly - but Bah Humbug :D
:ohmy: :(
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The advert in mine is for furniture sofas to be exact theres a price drop apparently,I also have Kawasaki engines if I go into equipment shed and now nissan commercial vehicles, jezza
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I've got sofas too. What I see tomorrow is anyone's guess but I hope it's a bit more fun.
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Actually it's skin-tight black boots and some strange device that looks like a man's support device. :mellow:
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Yes I’m now getting a pop up advert on most pages that I have to close before I can proceed.
Have you sold out John to fund the forum or is the adblocker not working
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Yup, it's Currys now, which isn't surprising as I just bought a new washing machine from them the other day!
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Today's is some sort of teccie device and what looks like either a black lace lampshade or some sort of ladie's norty underwear! :mad:
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Got a two-radio device and a rather nice waterproof outdoor coat today. Not a lot to stimulate the imagination. :ohmy:
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Lots of coloured silk nightwear for gals and chaps... (always good for the soul)!
Not sure I want a 'Cocktail ring' though, £1,830 seems a bit steep for a large GandT!
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Today is thigh-length black leather boots and some unidentifiable electrical equipment. Mmmm. Not sure which one to go for. 8)
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I’m still getting Mobility Cars. Are they trying to say that Aunty is OLD >:(
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I'm getting vitamin supplements, so I'm boring as well AS ::)
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Solar panels now, not many silk nighties - sadly...
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I got a good one as part of the page. I know many people here will like it.
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I've been an orchid grower for decades, and at one time president of a local orchid club. At one time I found instructions for growing orchids from seed through the website of a famous botanical garden in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Google must have decided that I was looking for (ahem) Asian female companionship. :lol: I received advertisements for such companionship for about a year after several visits to the botanical garden's website! :mad:
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Today I've got what looks like the rear end of Shirley Eaton who played Jill Masterson in the Bond film Goldfinger when she got covered in gold paint. Another one looks like some ancient brass relic that could, if you had the destructions, would predict the end of the world. Can't wait until tomorrow to see what on here! :mad:
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...Another one looks like some ancient brass relic that could, if you had the destructions, would predict the end of the world. Can't wait until tomorrow to see what on here! :mad:
I think I've also seen a "brass relic" sort of device advertised, with various lenses and whatnot attached to it. The one I saw looked like some mutant sextant (though you and I might be looking at different devices).
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One of today's looks like something that Edward Scissorhands would wear and another that's either a modern plastic chair from the seventies or some sort of men's urinal. Hey, this is fun! :mad:
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Today's is even more fun. For tight nuts and a rusty tool get some WD 40. :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Men's silk jim-jams and a sort of metal cleat for climbers and sailors...
Could someone inform Mrs Growster please?
(I daren't)!
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You big wuss! She can only lock you up somewhere unbeknownst to man.
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You big wuss! She can only lock you up somewhere unbeknownst to man.
Phew, it's alright now, the pics are back to the girls again - no need to panic...
Why I need a watch that costs about £500.00 is a bit of a mystery though!
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I don't know why I want stone effigies of Tweedledum and Tweedledee, not to mention bathroom sealant, but I wouldn't mind a coir mat with a picture of a cat on it nor a new torch that actually works without having to shake it hard.
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a) someone mentioned an advert for a Styrofoam toilet seat. These are bog standard on conveniences in Swedish laybys in the far north, and very much appreciated too when the temperatures are well below zero. b) In respect to other adverts - currently I have a load asking me to fly to exotic places for holidays (no related Google searches for that), black tight shiny leatherette trousers (I only wear skirts) and some skinny tops that I might have got into 60 odd years ago should Mama have allowed it! At least they're in English. Google decided I needed to improve my French a while ago and produced everything in that. Happy New Year all and good gardening. Looking forward to a new batch of ups and downs of producing our own food.
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That's a firm called Temu I think, Jacs - I've just seen the ad yet again, but I still rather like the silk 'bits' on the ad shown before - as long as it isn't showing the blokes...
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all these lovely adverts are making me feel young again it really brightens up the site keep um coming Auntie
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Apart from the now becoming boring thigh boots, today's got what I assume is a stone water feature pond base which I wouldn't buy in a year of Sundays, a weather vane (ok, got me there as I bought one of a cat a month ago), and a GOK. This acronym comes from years ago from a pathologist who, when taking out bits of tissue from the latest post-mortem, couldn't ID them so he basically said "God only knows." :mad:
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That's a firm called Temu I think, Jacs - I've just seen the ad yet again, but I still rather like the silk 'bits' on the ad shown before - as long as it isn't showing the blokes...
It is Temu Mr G and I must admit to having a sneaky peak at their site today. Enticed by a 30 percent discount if I got the app, I have made an order. It is only around £20 worth, but if it is all as good as it looks, I have some bargains … yes I know that is a big IF and I will let you know how I rate what arrives.
Sorry to say my shopping was rather tame. No silky bits or other dodgy items, but some solar lights for the garden, lit branches for the house (I’m missing the seasonal lights on the mantelpiece :blush:), some kitchen stuff and some biodegradable planting bags. The last ones are for filling with your own compost and making your own little starter pots for seedlings. All sounds great so fingers crossed :lol:
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I quite like this one.
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I think it was Martin Lewis or somebody like him that warned against buying stuff from Temu as it doesn't conform to our safety laws, sorry to put a downer on it.
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I did some research before ordering and most people said it was OK, but you might want to be wary of more expensive items like tech stuff. I wouldn’t be looking to buy anything like that tbh or use a card to pay directly. They take Pay Pal and Apple Pay, so that isn’t a problem.
Everything I ordered would have come from China anyway, just without the interim step of someone else unpacking it and passing it off as their own :)
I have bought a few things from China before via EBay and the lighting stuff is usually pretty good. The led lights I use on my plant and terrarium shelves come from there, plus a couple of clip on led lights I have around elsewhere. I’ve seen the exact same thing on UK sites for around 5 times the price :ohmy:
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I saw that key ring and went on the site but my intuition decided against it. Would love to get two of them so my bestest friend and I could use them as earrings! :lol: :lol: :lol: Alone we're bad enough, but when we get together - look out! I remember we went into Sainsbergs many years ago, she said something by the bread counter, I mis-heard her and replied as per, she said what are you on? I said it looks like a tiled floor, cue a moment's silence, then all hell broke loose. Never has the bread counter been so busy. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Today I have a cat suspended in some sort of harness and what looks like a suede leather men's truss. This year's festive presents methinks! :lol:
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Sensory toys and equipment today. :blush:
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Enticed by a 30 percent discount … I have made an order. It is only around £20 worth, but if it is all as good as it looks, I have some bargains … yes I know that is a big IF and I will let you know how I rate what arrives.
Well it came today and my order is actually alright. It is much the same as Amazon and EBay so you have to be careful about what you are ordering. There is a lot of tat on all these online sites.
Battery operated lit branches - £4.18 for 2 - they are exactly the same as I have seen on sale over here for around £10 each and the cheapest I can find them is £5 each on EBay. That would be shipping from China, but you can bet anything sold here would originate there :lol:
Solar lights - £8.25 for 2 - I can only find them on EBay but they would be £11. Garden centre here for something similar - at least £15.
Planting bags to make your own ‘plant in the pot’ Jiffy pellets or pretend peat pots (but minus the awful compost they seem to make these things out of these days) - £2.51 for 300
Then some kitchen gear which looks very similar to things I have seen in The Range or B&M, but considerably cheaper. Nothing exciting, but useful stuff.
I paid £23.19 for the lot, so pleased enough with my haul. I can’t speak to the quality of some of the items that have been amusing folk on here of course :lol:
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Aunty had an advert for ladies naughty nether garments today. Ridiculous… they would keep no one warm. I’ll have you know that Aunty has proper warm bloomers :ohmy:
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You could fit several telephone 'directoires' in those Aunty..;0)
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You may not approve of their bloomers Aunty, but they do a nice line in petticoats ;) :lol:
https://www.temu.com/uk/eyelet-embroidered-layer-ruffle-maxi-skirt-boho-elastic-waist-a-line-skirt-womens-clothing-g-601099530731805.html?top_gallery_url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.kwcdn.com%2Fproduct%2FFancyalgo%2FVirtualModelMatting%2Fb854f5c23e8b38953237ee1c9fdaf473.jpg&spec_id=2001&spec_gallery_id=1190&refer_page_sn=10009&refer_source=0&freesia_scene=2&_oak_freesia_scene=2&_oak_rec_ext_1=MTg0OQ&spec_ids=2001&search_key=bloomers%20ruffle%20victorian&refer_page_el_sn=200049&refer_page_name=search_result&refer_page_id=10009_1705841803498_o6196xs3yh&_x_sessn_id=mprivcmuwy
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Mmmm…. That is nice. Thank you for offering to buy one for me. My size is ‘twiggy’. :D
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AS, my size is Twiglet with marmite - ha! Today's one is a rather strange-looking device that could be a new type of cat litter tray. :lol:
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I've got mobility cars today… are they suggestin Aunty his hold hand hinferm :ohmy:
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Actually it's skin-tight black boots and some strange device that looks like a man's support device. :mellow:
Yes! I have seen that one too - in a disturbing elastoplast pink colour? Could not make out what it was and didnt want to click to see the description............. :ohmy:
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I've just had the cookie screen pop up. I hope this site won't become one of those where if you reject advertising, it asks you to confirm every time you return to the site
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Let’s hope not. I’m sure John will monitor that.
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The first odd one I received today: advertisement for 'Sillycybin' spores (I have posted here about legal culinary mushrooms (blue oyster) that my son has grown from a kit).
The second was for tower gardening equipment (photos clearly illustrating a 'recreational herb' (ahem) that is still illegal in many places).
Google (?) must think I'm doing a different kind of gardening!!
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I had the cookie screen again today
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I now know what you mean by the Edward Scissor Hands contraption!
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Well… they’ve topped the game today. If you have £800 or more to spare you could get a pair of these for the allotment. ::)
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At least the thickness of the soles on the third pair would keep you above the mud on the paths :lol: 8)
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I'm not getting any now. Der??